Comments on: Donnie Davies: Archie Bunker reincarnated? https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Jim Burroway https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3409 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:51:20 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3409 It’s interesting to see you describe your class’ reaction to the video. I would have liked to have been there.

This all reminds me of when Freshman English teacher Mrs. Lucas (one of my favorite teachers in all of PHS) had us read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” without any explanation ahead of time as to what we were about to read. It was just another reading assignment. The class reactions were much the same, I think.

So if Joey Oglesby really pulled this off, he was able to pretty much achieve the same effect as Jonathan Swift. That’s not bad company to be in.

]]> By: Simon Jones https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3408 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:54:50 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3408 Well if anyone is interested in knwoing who Donnie is, you’ll be pleased to know he’s a 28 year old Dallas based comedian by the name of Joel Oglesby.

http://www.beforeiforget.co.uk/images/-dd.jpg

It’s been a fun week chasing his shadow around the web. He wasn’t going to stay a secret for long under that pressure.

The week did raise some interesting questions though. I’m writing a post on my blog about one or two of them tomorrow, but for now all this amateur detective work has tired me out. I need to sleep!

]]> By: Max Renn https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3407 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:22:14 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3407 People who think that gays are under special wrath from God generally don’t make music videos that include little phallic symbols and homoerotic subtexts.

i’d like to take a little impromptu survey, how many people here who are presently unable to figure out that Donnie Davies is making fun of Homophobic Christians were unable to figure out that George W. Bush was full of crap when he went around claiming that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction?

I would seriously like to know.

]]> By: Bill https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3406 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:08:34 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3406 He is a joke alright but on whom? Is it an effort to lampoon fundamentalists or is it an effort to use humor to say gays are under special wrath from God?

]]> By: Max Renn https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3405 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:40:58 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/27/donnie-davies-archie-bunker-reincarnated/#comment-3405 It does not bode well for our society that so many seemingly intelligent people are unable to immediately identify donnie davies as a joke.

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